See Also: computer-integrated manufacturing(encyclopedia)
computer-aided manufacturing(dictionary)
manufacturing(dictionary)
manufacturing(encyclopedia)
Manufacturing Overhead(money)
just-in-time manufacturing (JIT)(encyclopedia)
Manufacturing Technology(money)
Hammond Manufacturing Co.(finance)
Agile Manufacturing(money)
Manufacturing Rights(money)

computer-integrated manufacturing (sh)




Data-driven automation that affects all systems or subsystems within a manufacturing environment: design and development, production (see CAD/CAM), marketing and sales, and field support and service.

Basic manufacturing functions as well as materials-handling and inventory control can also be simulated by computers before the system is built in an attempt to eliminate wastage. See also artificial intelligence, expert systems, robotics.